---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: state projects and property."
description: "Public works: state projects and property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 256"
citation: "California AB 256 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public works: state projects and property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-04"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5729cc73-efef-4b79-bf5c-70412aa79370"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256"
source_hash: "45bc561ab2f1bf679341f00aa5460897f9fcd943f0c4a2f6abc4f1529daf97db"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 256 (20032004) — Public works: state projects and property.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/04/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256&version=20030AB25699INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256&version=20030AB25698AMD)
3. **05/06/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256&version=20030AB25697AMD)
4. **06/12/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256&version=20030AB25696AMD)
5. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256&version=20030AB25695AMD)
6. **09/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256&version=20030AB25694AMD)
7. **09/10/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256&version=20030AB25693AMD)
8. **09/12/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256&version=20030AB25692AMD)
9. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256&version=20030AB25690CHP)
10. **AB256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256)
11. **09/13/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB256&version=20030AB25691ENR)

## Votes

- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 256 vargas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Alpert — principal coauthor (person)
- Vargas — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 723, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 3918.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2585.). `passage, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-3, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-09-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 2054.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 6.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (April 29). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2003-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5729cc73-efef-4b79-bf5c-70412aa79370`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).